Manipulation

Since finding Rand, Mat, Perrin, Nynaeve and Egwene in Emond's Field, Moiraine has withheld information and exposed them to only bits and pieces of her knowledge and her mission. By the time he was standing before Siuan Sanche at Fal Dara, Rand was already suspicious of Moiraine's motives, and by the time the Stone of Tear falls he has decided he cannot trust her. Moiraine has perhaps been right to withhold some of the knowledge from Rand, but there is no doubt that the deceptions have created an air of mistrust between them, and if Rand is convinced of anything, it is that he needs to get away from Moiraine and the White Tower.

Nynaeve's attitude toward the Aes Sedai who she at first believed to have abducted four younger Emond's Fielders, is still brimming with hatred. She will hold the misconception that, if Moiraine had simply not...